A display in the booth of Qualcomm shows the journey early 5G phone chipsets have made out of the lab, starting as a suitcase full of outsized prototype components (L), which has now been shrunk into a smartphone the size of a very thick chocolate bar (R), at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 27, 2018. Pictures taken February 27, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BARCELONA: The telecoms world is gearing up for 5G, the next generation wireless technology that promises to go beyond phones and link up everything from vehicles to household devices, or anything else with an internet connection at far greater speeds.
Yet most consumers will wait years to experience the benefits. While the first commercial 5G projects will launch in the United States in 2018, many users in emerging markets are still awaiting 4G and are likely to have to grapple with ropy 3G connections for years more.
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